Pompeiana : the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819 (1837)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836 · London : Lewis A. Lewis · leaf 140
d plan to be found in either ancient ormodern Italy. The Temple of Fortune is placed upona podium or stylobate, the height of whichprotects it from the contamination of thestreet, and which was necessary where noperibolus existed. This consists of two mem-bers, the upper of which may be called… … POMPEIANA. 71 was by two entrances of three steps each,separated by a platform projecting betweenthem, on which stands a pedestal commonlysupposed to have supported a statue, butwhich was, in all probability, the altar onwhich blazed the incense and sacrifices ofthe votaries of the fickle goddess…
Architecture, Roman
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